Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Biography

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a German born Jewish cellist and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz. She and her sister Renate were sent to Auschwitz in December 1943 on separate prison trains. During the Belsen Trial which took place from September to November 1945 Anita testified against among others the camp commandant Josef Kramer, camp doctor Fritz Klein and deputy camp commandant Franz Hössler who were all sentenced to death and hanged that year.

Known For

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Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz

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Wir sind Juden aus Breslau

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The Commandant's Shadow

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We Want the Light

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The Last Musician of Auschwitz

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The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Holocaust Survivor

The Last Survivors

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Music and Power

Self - Concentration Camp Survivor

Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz